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("chn), n.[OE. urchon, irchon, a hedgehog, OF. ireon, erion, herion, herichon, F. hrisson, a derivative fr. L. ericius, from er a hedgehog, for her; akin to Gr. chh°r. Cf. Herisson.] 1. (Zol.) A hedgehog. 2. (Zol.) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin. 3. A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog. "We 'll dress [them] like urchins, ouphes, and fairies." Shak. 4. A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy. And the urchins that stand with their thievish eyes Forever on watch ran off each with a prize. W. Howitt. You did indeed dissemble, you urchin you; but where's the girl that won't dissemble for an husband? Goldsmith. 5. One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders, arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog. Knight. Urchin fish (Zol.), a diodon. Ur"chin a.Rough; pricking; piercing. [R.] "Helping all urchin blasts." Milton. スポンサード リンク
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